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Trish

SI Buddy Trish
Pregnancy Related

After giving birth to her second child in 2003, Trish began feeling hip and lower back pain.

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Dave

SI Buddy Dave
Prior Lumbar Fusion

I was involved in a motor vehicle accident.  I noticed immediate pain in my lower back and neck.

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Kim

SI Buddy Kim
SI Joint Trauma

Kim was playing softball with her daughter and teaching her how to slide into a base. Her extended leg caught something on the ground jarring it abruptly and she immediately felt lower back and left upper thigh pain.

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Terri

SI Buddy Terri
SI Joint Degeneration

I had been dealing with pain in my hands, feet, and hips for several years due to an autoimmune type arthritis.

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Brandy

SI Buddy Brandy
SI Joint Trauma

Brandy suffered with sacroiliac (SI) joint pain for 20 years. She became a gymnast at a young age and remembers many injuries and falls.

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Mindy

SI Buddy Mindy
SI Joint Trauma

Mindy was involved in an automobile accident in 2010, and suffered multiple injuries, including two herniated lumbar discs and severe hip bruising.

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Elizabeth M.

SI Buddy Elizabeth M
SI Joint Degeneration

My symptoms progressed to a sharp pain in my lower back and pain down the back of my leg. 

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Panette

Panette
SI Joint Trauma

While attempting to lift a heavy object, Panette felt a sharp pain in her lower back like someone was stabbing her with a knife.

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Becky

SI Buddy Becky
SI Joint Degeneration

Becky began feeling moderate pain in her left hip. She attributed this to her active lifestyle of working fulltime and attending school while caring for her mother.

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Sharron

SI Buddy Sharron
Prior Lumbar Fusion

The pain was worsened with sitting and standing and the only place she was moderately comfortable was lying in bed.

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Susan

SI Buddy Susan
SI Joint Trauma

Susan initially reported a sharp, aching pain which progressed over time to a burning and throbbing pain in her buttocks and the right side of her groin.

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Richard

SI Buddy Richard pic2
SI Joint Degeneration

There was no single event that triggered Richard’s SI joint pain, but he believes that his years of waterskiing contributed to his degenerative sacroiliitis.

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